Bible in Basic English
"So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard."
— Nehemiah 4:6, Bible in Basic English
“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.”
“So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work. ”
“So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.”
“So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.”
“So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.”
“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.”
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.
Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.
But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;
And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.
But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.